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Terry<BR>
UhHUH You know ,you are starting to sound like a belly man. Everbody (including me) is(was) always sooo optimistic about the soundboards thev've been working on till they<U> really</U> start to look for the right things and understand what real crown and overall soundboard health looks like.<BR>
As far as uprights go most were not designed to have more than 30 minutes worth of crown after they left the press room .<BR>
I've seen glue joints llike this as well. It makes you wonder what the joints are like in the rest of the piano ehh. Is this Mason Board tapered from thick to thin starting at with top being appox. .375 thick down to .250 at the bottom. I belive Bolduc Makes upright Panel in this configuration..<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I'm quickly getting the impression that many soundboards are not in as good a shape as one might often think. Several uprights that I have removed soundboards from, and the Mason &Hamlin upright I am currently replacing a soundboard on, absolutely just fell apart upon removal - glue joints just totally shot.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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